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Not being able to feel pleasure isn’t a personal failure, or lack of trying, says the writer.

The inability to feel joy isn’t a failure or personal weakness, says the writer.

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Nisha Chandwani

There was a time when I used to love a certain brand of tacos so much that I ate it every week without fail. 

Then, in May last year, I came down with severe food poisoning. The last meal I had was those tacos. 

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